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It’s Friday, so here’s our weekly rundown of what happened at the Nerdist Podcast Network. It was a good week. Your evidence:

The very first Nerdist Podcast was recorded at Tom Lennon’s house on Super Bowl Sunday five years ago. Tom returned to the Nerdist Podcast this week for the… what, fourth time? Okay, we’ve lost track of how many times he’s been on, and I’m too lazy to go back and count, but he’s always welcome. Anyway, he’s back and being Felix on CBS’ reboot of The Odd Couple, and he talked about that, and stories from his days with The State, and making pilots that never made the air and writing scripts that never got produced. And he promised to deliver some clips from the original pilot for Reno 911 on which Fox passed, and two other pilots for a sci-fi comedy, U.S.S. Alabama and a sitcom parody called Hey Neighbor, both also rejected by Fox. And he delivered: Watch the clips right here.

Billy Crystal and Josh Gad are starring in The Comedians on FX, and they came in to talk about it on the Nerdist Podcast. There’s talk about playing a dark version of yourself, comedy influences, and Billy’s close relationship with Robin Williams. And speaking of The Comedians, we got some insight into the making of the show from showrunner Ben Wexler on Nerdist Writers Panel.

The Indoor Kids discussed April Fool’s Day pranks in the gaming world, sitcom reboots, and Cadbury eggs. Kumail says some candy brands taste different elsewhere, and I can confirm that he is absolutely right.

Pat Walsh returned to You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes with tales of FourLoko mishaps (tip: do NOT mix that stuff with vodka. Do NOT.) and anxiety and guilt and weed. Also, Pete made fun of how Pat holds a pencil. This could have used some video.